title: [Consequence of frequent moving among stalls on the economics of swine fattening].
abstract: In an industrial pig productions unit the weaned piglets of 20 sows were assigned to two Groups. The Groups were treated as follows: Group one (99 piglets of 10 sows): the pigs were kept in the same pen of the unit from birth until slaughter and received no prophylactic medication. If illness occurred, only the individual pig was treated. Group two (102 piglets of 10 sows): according to standard operating procedures on this farm, the pigs assigned to Group two were moved during the growing-fattening period three times, having received after moving into Flat-Deck and into the growing-fattening house for one week prophylactic antibiotic treatment. If illness occurred, only the individual pig was treated. The following Parameter were evaluated: A: Mortality B: Food Conversion C: Medicine expenses D: Stress related diseases E: Infectious diseases F: Age at slaughter at 100 kg live weight G: Revenue differences between the Groups The Group one showed regarding all investigated Parameters, when compared to the Group two, markedly better results and 15.58 Deutsche Mark cheeper production cost per pig. These result shows, that moving pigs among houses markedly influences the economics in fattening units.
authors.affiliation: Kleintierklinik Dübendorf/Schweiz.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bilkei
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takacs
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Biro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bilkei
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases; D015430:Weight Gain
vernacular_title: Auswirkungen mehrmaligen Umstallens auf die Wirtschaftlichkeit in der Schweinemast.